About Hydrophylax bahuvistara Padhye, Jadhav, Modak, Nameer & Dahanukar, 2015
Hydrophylax bahuvistara can be distinguished from other species in its genus by a specific combination of morphological traits. These traits include a truncated snout outline when viewed from above, no lateroventral grooves on the tips of fingers and toes, moderately webbed feet, closely set metatarsals for the fourth and fifth toes, a small outer metatarsal tubercle, no glandular folds and only sparse horny spinules on the dorsal parts of the shank, and heels that touch when the legs are folded at right angles to the body.
A host defense peptide called urumin, isolated from the skin of this frog, targets the stalk region of the influenza virus H1 hemagglutinin protein. Urumin destroys influenza virions and protects mice from lethal infection, making it a representative of a new class of anti-influenza virucides.
